Caves in South Dakota unexpectedly glow pink and blue under black light and could serve as proxies for conditions on icy ...

Cave-dwelling animals often exhibit unique adaptations to life in complete darkness, including loss or reduction of eyes, changes in pigmentation, and altered sensory structures. The Tegenaria ...

Sensory diets are programs of sensory activities children can perform during the day to give them an appropriate amount of sensory input. Some experts think this can help improve attention and ...

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The ice cap is causing the ground beneath it to depress at a rate of up to 0.13 mm per year, indicating a cold and highly viscous upper mantle. This slow deformation suggests that Mars's interior ...

The Siberian permafrost is known as a treasure trove of prehistoric artifacts where Ice Age animals lie perfectly frozen in time. And one such remarkable specimen was just discovered: the mummified ...

The Australian musician Nick Cave is best known for his narrative-driven songs, with lyrics populated by characters from the Old Testament, Greek myth and the American South. A prolific writer and ...

Most mornings, before the sun is up, I’m already wearing sunglasses. It’s not for fashion; it’s to lessen the stabbing sensation I get in my eyes when I flick on the kitchen lights.

There aren’t people living in a cave in Singapore (well, physically anyway), but there will soon be people dining in a cave. Yep, we just got our own cave at Mandai Wildlife Reserve, and it comes with ...

Two Chinese scientific researchers were successfully rescued recently from underwater karst caves in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region after being missing for 69 hours. According to ...